Daily Archives: April 30, 2012
May/June Big Idea Update
Posted on April 30, 2012 1 Comment
For the Big Idea, I’ve now scheduled all of May and all but the last three slots of June. If you queried about May but haven’t heard from me, a) sorry, I thought I got responded to everyone, b) I’m full up. If you have a June book that comes out in the last two […]
Barnes & Noble & Microsoft
Posted on April 30, 2012 21 Comments
People are asking if I have any thoughts about the just-announced partnership between Barnes & Noble and Microsoft in the eReader market. My major immediate thought about it is: Oh, good, a robustly-funded competitor for Amazon in the eReader market. That makes for three major eReader portals/ecosystems (the other being Apple; there are four if […]
My New Toy, 4/30/12
Posted on April 30, 2012 37 Comments
It’s called a tenor guitar (specifically this one). Which means that it’s a guitar, but it’s got four strings, and naturally those four strings are the highest ones. It’s also tuned like a ukulele, which means that all the chords I’ve learned on the one transfer to the other, which is in fact very useful. I […]
Whatever Everyone Else is Saying